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Originally Posted by Reiver
The point here is this was no scene being shot..... isn't that the case...they were between scenes and Baldwin was screwing around because he didn't want another take...so he pointed the 'prop' gun at those folks and fired as a joke to underwrite his position at the time.... ha ha.
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The point is an unprofessional idiot dicked around with a gun around what appears to be a group of unprofessional people and killed one due to extreme negligence by more than a few it sounds.
Which means this aberrant event has little to nothing to do with how the film industry as a whole handles firearms. Also means it has no relevance really to the not uncommon requirement for professionals to sometimes be required to point a weapon at someone and pull the trigger, after every precaution is taken. Those professionals are not irresponsible or idiots for pointing a weapon at someone and pulling the trigger, which is why accidental shootings on sets are all but unheard-of.